The 16 best attractions in Berlin, Germany
Spandau
Spandau, Berlin, Germany
There’s a running joke among Berliners (though not an especially clever one) that Spandau, the westernmost of the city’s twelve districts, isn’t...
Prater Beer Garden
Kastanienallee 7-9, 10435 Berlin, Germany
In the mid-16th century, brewing beer during summer was outlawed in Bavaria due to the drink’s rapid deterioration in the heat. Instead, brewers were...
KaDeWe - Kaufhaus des Westens
Tauentzienstraße 21-24, 10789 Berlin, Germany
KaDeWe, the legendary department store, is more than a century old and has stood at the heart of the city’s shopping scene through thick and thin. It...
Museum für Naturkunde
Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany
Berlin’s Natural History Museum will be a sure-fire hit with any under-10s. The biggest (literally) draw is the skeleton of a Brachiosaurus dinosaur,...
Neukölln
Neukölln, Berlin, Germany
A short walk from the busy shopping street of Karl-Marx-Strasse in Neukölln, you'll find the iconic and charming village of Rixdorf, centred around...
Tempelhofer Feld
Tempelhofer Damm, 12101 Berlin, Germany
Famous for its Nazi and Cold War history, Tempelhof airport ceased operation in 2008. Now, you can stroll down the runways where Second World War...
Haus am Checkpoint Charlie
Rudi-Dutschke-Straße 28, 10969 Berlin, Germany
Once the flashpoint between East and West, today the former Checkpoint Charlie border crossing offers tacky souvenir stalls, coach-loads of trippers...
Soviet War Memorial Treptow
Puschkinallee, 12435 Berlin, Germany
One of Berlin’s most impressive public monuments, this memorial to Soviet soldiers killed in the Second World War (one of three in Berlin) and...
Berliner Philharmonie
Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1, 10785 Berlin, Germany
Berlin’s most famous concert hall, home to the world-renowned Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, is also its most architecturally daring: a marvellously...
Jewish Museum Berlin
Lindenstraße 9-14, 10969 Berlin, Germany
Named as the largest Jewish museum in Europe (38,000 square feet of floor space to be exact), Daniel Libeskind’s beautiful, yet deliberately...
Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial
Genslerstraße 66, 13055 Berlin, Germany
First the site of a canteen for the Nazi social welfare organisation, this building housed a remand prison which the Soviets turned into ‘Special...
Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Königin-Luise-Straße 6-8, 14195 Berlin, Germany
The Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum were landscaped at the beginning of the 20th century. Today it’s home to 18,000 plant species, 16...
East Side Gallery
Mühlenstraße 3-100, 10243 Berlin, Germany
Running along the River Spree for 1.3km (0.8 miles) from Oberbaum Bridge to Ostbahnhof is one of Berlin’s most photographed tourist sights. This is...
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Cora-Berliner-Straße 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Architect Peter Eisenman’s Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe is intentionally disorienting: it’s a striking sculptural statement that invites...
Neues Museum
Bodestraße 1-3, 10178 Berlin, Germany
After a long period of restoration, from suffering severe damage during World War III, the Neues Museum got back up and running back in 2009. It's now...
Brandenburg Gate
Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany
The Brandenburger Tor (or The Brandenburger Gate if you're not so great with German) is an absolute must-see attraction if you're visiting Berlin. Fun...